New BMW 5 Series is the business

A brand new BMW 5 Series isn’t just big news for the German company; it’s of huge interest to Irish car buyers too

The new BMW 5 Series wants to be seen as the sportiest offering in the segment
The new BMW 5 Series scythes through a sequence of bends with utter competence

It’s time to drive BMW’s brand new, much talked about seventh generation 5 Series saloon, codenamed ‘G30’. BMW Ireland’s dealers are already taking orders ahead of a February 2017 arrival and it’s clear that interest is high.

At the car’s launch to the international motoring media, BMW itself stated that, while the 5 Series is not its best-selling car (that falls ...